>>2153926It's a great thing with many plants and even some weeds depending on their vigor and growth habits. Creeping charley and garlic mustard for instance I always pull but many like oxalis, lamb's quarter, purslane etc I just snip at the ground and either leave the leaves there or take them for a salad in the case of those three anyway. Tomatoes I always pull too though.
The chop and drop is a great method, I even collect burdock leaves from around the neighbourhood to put down. Less disturbance of the subsoil leads to better fungal networks and the plant matter you leave there to decay attracts worms, wood lice and other things which all attract centipedes, spiders etc so you have a thriving community that aerates the soil without you having to till and makes it rich with nutrients.
Also the bonus with more life, you can attract even more. This is our resident garter snake who moved in a few years ago and took care of the vole problem and is now a good three feet long.
